Airbus A300-600ST Beluga
1994 outsize cargo aircraft
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Summary
Airbus A300-600ST Beluga is an aircraft model[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of aircraft model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,586 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Operator: Airbus Transport International[3]
- Followed by: Airbus A330-700L BelugaXL[4]
- Manufacturer: Airbus SAS[5], CASA[6], EADS EFW[7], Hamble Aerostructures[8], Dornier[9], Latécoère[10], EADS Sogerma[11]
- Developer: Airbus SAS[12]
- Part of the series: Airbus A300[13]
- Subclass of: Airbus A300-600R[14]
- Commons category: Airbus A300F4-600ST Beluga[15]
- Country of origin: France[16]
- Powered by: General Electric CF6-80C2[17]
- First flight: September 13, 1994[18]
- Service entry: October 1995[19]
- Official website: https://www.airbus.com/aircraft/freighter/beluga.html[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Airbus A300F4-600ST Beluga[21]
- Commons gallery: Airbus A300-600ST Beluga[22]
- Maximum capacity: 2 human[23], 3 human[24]
- Total produced: 5[25]
- Described by source: The International Directory of Civil Aircraft 2003/2004[26]
- Official name: A300-600ST[27]
- Undercarriage: retractable tricycle gear[28]
- Wing configuration: mid wing[29]
- Native label: Airbus Beluga[30]
- Length: 56.15 m[31]
- Height: 17.24 m[32]
- Wingspan: 44.84 m[33]
- Speed: 0.7 Mach number[34], 467 knot[35]
Why It Matters
Airbus A300-600ST Beluga has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]